Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§1123 Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING › § 1123
Summary
Government books must be bound in plain sheep or cloth. Record and account books may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, or skivers with department head approval; certain libraries may use half Turkey or equally costly material for library-exclusive books.
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Title 44, §1123
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Binding for the departments of the Government shall be done in plain sheep or cloth, except that record and account books may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head of a department. The libraries of the several departments, the Library of Congress, the libraries of the Surgeon General’s Office, and the Naval Observatory may have books for the exclusive use of these libraries bound in half Turkey, or material no more expensive.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 116 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 86, 28 Stat. 622). This section incorporates all but the first sentence of former section 116. The balance will be found in section 501 of the revision.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1999—Pub. L. 106–113 struck out “the Patent Office,” after “the Surgeon General’s Office,”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1999 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 1123
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73